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Friday, 20 July 2012

To infinity and beyond!

43 years ago today on July 20th 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon! In honour
of this epic anniversary I thought I'd take a look at some of Walt Disney
Worlds spacey-offerings! If you're in the parks this weekend then go and
celebrate the lunar landing at some of the following attractions!

It had to be first
on the list! Not only are we taken on a journey through some of humankind’s'
most extreme advancements and discoveries in language and technology - we are
treated to a jaw dropping, eye-popping spectacle at the very top of the 'golf ball'.
From the rotating earth to the ceiling of stars and galaxies, you cannot help but
feel transported billions of miles above the Earth's surface. My favorite part
though is the backwards decent through the twinkling LEDs!

It's not quite a
trip to the Moonbut, who
doesn’t want to walk through command central? Who doesn’t want a spotlight
shining down upon them with Gary Sinise calling you ‘Captain’? I love the giant
zero gravity wheel depicting life aboard the space station; we would all love
to try eating our cereal upside down just once! Maybe that’s just me though! I
love all of the plaques along the last stretch of queue, especially some of
their future astronaut predictions! And then, we get to the ride – I’m anOrange team member myself! Spinning round up to
2.4gs, between blasting off and landing on the red plant there is a real
adventure to be had!

No space themed post could be complete without the ultimate
adventure in space-aged travel this side of Endor! Since its refurbishment in 2011,
Star Tours offers guests and galactic passengers a choice of 54 destinations and ride variations in
spectacular 3D (the new glasses are all kinds of awesome!). Climb aboard your
StarSpeeder 1000 at the space port after meandering through the EwokVillage and see just how far across the Galaxy you
can go!